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Empress of the Eye Giveaway!

Empress of the Eye

I am so excited to announce our new Giveaway from Jane Schott, The Empress of the Eye. She has offered a pillow from The Forest Fables Collection in either Black and White, or Fuschia and White. This Fabulous Down Filled Pillow has a $200.00 Value and the Giveaway is open to anyone, anywhere!

Our interview is below. I think you will find it fascinating.

Rules of Entry:

1) Be or become a Follower of Art by Karena

2) Visit The Empress of the Eye Pillow Collection on Facebook.

Or visit Empress of the Eye blog an look through her pillows in the side bar

3) Come back and comment on which pillow you love the most!

The Giveaway will end at Midnight Friday November 19th CST and be announced on Saturday November 20th!

K: What inspired you to get in the business of interior design?

J: My mother, whom, when I was a child, always seemed like an embarrassment to me. Too much style and very flamboyant in dress and home design from my friends’ mothers. I did not realize until much later how she influenced me. Every summer, when I went off to camp, I would come home to a newly designed bedroom. It was always done so differently from my girlfriends’ bedrooms.

I would quake when she came to the PTA meetings in capes and big fur hats!
I studied art throughout school, and always seemed to live in run-down rentals that needed to be fluffed up. This is where I really began to experiment with interior design.

I also had a generous dose of artistically gifted friends who were in various fields in New York City that opened my eyes to color, lighting, furniture spacing, visual design and historical elements. The museums, fashions, the architecture...it was such an amazing place to get a design education.

K: How did the collecting of unique fabrics begin?

J: I was always attracted to fabrics. When I was young, my mother (it all seems to keep coming back to my mother doesn’t it!?) had huge trunks filled with gowns that were made of amazing fabrics that we could play “dress up” in. In particular, I remember being so enthralled by a dark blue taffeta dress that had a beautiful velvet ribbon tie belt.

Living in Europe I learned what a well-made bed was...the sheets fell just right because of their weight, colors were so different, the embroidery and monograms breathtaking and goose down comforters. That’s when fabrics started really “talking” to me.

K: Tell me about your assortment of fine collectibles if you have more than pillows.

J: There is the danger that once I buy more than one of something I love, it can lead to a collection. Over the years, various collections have ebbed and flowed, but the mainstays have been books (I’ve always collected books), tartan ware is a favorite, antique trims, one-of-a-kind costumes and I am always on the hunt for ecclesiastical embellishments (yes, I’m bound to be damned for all time.) I love finding oddities, such as glass eyeballs and famous writers Funeral Cards. I am always on the lookout for Victorian bamboo and paisleys.

K: When did you open Grass Harp Interiors?

J: I opened The Grass Harp Antiques and Design Shop in Stone Ridge, New York in the early 90’s. There was such a wealth of good pickings in that part of the country that I always had interesting goods and jobs from clients from the city who had country houses. It was such a fantastic experience. I wanted to name my business after a favorite story by Truman Capote, and I couldn’t very well call it “In Cold Blood Antiques.”

K: Do you have a certain area of expertise in design?

J: I really enjoy working the colors for interiors. I can remember a paint color from 15 years ago, but can’t remember where I parked my car. Paint is such an exhilarating part of interior design. In particular working with light and transitions from room to room – that’s often the hardest decision for a client to make – where does one room/color and another begin.

K: Have you made the fabrics into hanging tapestries,etc, and I did see a chair
covered in the Forest Fables.

J: Many clients have come to me with a fabric or I have found a special piece for them, and I have made wall hangings, fabric screens and throws. Everyone needs a one-of-akind chair for some corner of their home. Partnering a unique fabric with the right style furniture piece is always exciting. It can set an interior apart.

K: Tell me about The Forest Fables Collection:

J: I found the Otomi Indian embroidered fabric in the small village of Tenango de Doria in Hidalgo in the Sierra Madre Mountains, Mexico. I loved the traditional multi colored weaving, but I requested all one color for this collection. Each piece is hand made by the women of the villages and they use no patterns or even draw a design on the fabric.

Each animal, fauna and insect comes from their imagination. No two are alike and I never get tired of looking at them. I have made throws, table cloths for restaurants, bed headboards and pillows in every size and shape. The embroidery is done so well that you can turn the covers inside out and wash them. These pillows have a hidden zipper, small piping and down inserts.

Jane, Thank you so much for the excellent interview and Giveaway!

Images Courtesy of Empress of the Eye

Write or call me for quotes on original works of art or custom commisions!

Art by Karena

Much thanks to Laura Trevey from Bright Bold and Beautiful for the $35 Mop Heads Gift Certificate!

Grace of Sense and Simplicity has sent me two Initialed Mugs from Anthropology which I am giving to friends for the holidays!

Kara from Elements Interiors sent me a luscious Candle from her collection of the scent White Tea Yum!

Thank you so much my dear blogger friends!!

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